Northwestern Mutual CEO John Schlifske placed high in a recent list of CEOs ranked nationally by their own employees' satisfaction.

Schlifske ranked fourth in Glassdoor's list of Top 50 Highest Rated CEOs on the job posting and employee review site. The ranking is up from last year's fifth place spot.

Glassdoor's list is determined by employee votes in companies across the country. This year, Glassdoor reported, Schlifske received a 95 percent employee satisfaction rating, based on company employees polled. The number one spot went to LinkedIn Corp. CEO Jeff Weiner. Alan Mulally, of Ford Motor Co., came in second and Richard Edelman, of the eponymous Edelman public relations firm, ranked third.